Hello all, On 2011 11 28 Claudine Rinner discovered the periodic comet P/2011 W2 at J43-Oukaimeden observatory situated in Morroco. Can anyone on this list...
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Hidetaka
sedna_90377
Dec 1, 2011 1:34 pm
Hi Michael and all, The last comet discovered at Africa was probably C/1974 V2 (Bennett), which was discovered at Pretoria, South Africa. regards Hidetaka Sato...
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reinder j bouma
reinder_bouma
Dec 1, 2011 1:36 pm
... Hi Michel, First of all, congrats to J43 for this find. As far as I know P/Haneda-Campos was the last comet discovered in Africa, in 1978. best regards, ...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Dec 1, 2011 1:37 pm
Hi Michael, and all, This is off the top of my head and I'm not sure it's the most recent one, but Jose Campos found P/Haneda-Campos (D/1978 R1 = 1978j) from...
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maiki666
Dec 1, 2011 1:38 pm
Michel, ... it is D/1978 R1 (Haneda-Campos). José da Silva Campos discovered this comet independently from Haneda on Sep. 1, 1978 from Durban, South Africa. ...
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Nick Howes - FT Project
howesnickhowes
Dec 1, 2011 4:00 pm
M.P.E.C. 2011-W34, issued on 2011 Nov. 22, 02:33 UT, announced the discovery by Leonid Elenin (H15 ISON-NM Observatory, Mayhill) of a new unsual minor planet, ...
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walcom77
Dec 1, 2011 4:23 pm
And this is the direct link to the "2011 RC17" post on the blog: http://bit.ly/uIZRGS Ciao, Ernesto, Nick & Giovanni http://remanzacco.blogspot.com ...
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Mike Begbie
mjbcomets
Dec 1, 2011 11:28 pm
Hi Alan and Maik and all Correct! Jose Campos was the last to discover a comet from Africa. He was the director of the Comet and Meteor Section of ASSA, at...
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adam_limax7
Dec 2, 2011 5:29 am
Hi, today I look to NEO Confirmation Page and see object TLc001 Orbit calc sugest that is a sungrazer comet ?! TLc001 Perihelion 2011 Dec 16.142575 TT =...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 2, 2011 5:35 am
Hello, ... this is very interesting indeed. Now there are some more observations but the astrometry seems very bad: The residuals are quite large and I can't...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 2, 2011 6:06 am
Addendum, ... Congrats, Terry! Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. * Juan Ramon Jimenez ...
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terryjlovejoy
Dec 2, 2011 6:19 am
Gareth Williams is going to try and improve the astrometry on my images. In any case observations are urgently required to help refine the orbit. Terry...
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maiki666
Dec 2, 2011 8:45 am
Hello Terry, ... It will be interesting what happens. When forcing e=1 and i=144, I receive: TLc001 Perihelion 2011 Dec 17.373494 TT; Constraint: e=1,i=142 ...
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maiki666
Dec 2, 2011 9:34 am
Hello, with new astrometry and forcing e=1: TLc001 Perihelion 2011 Dec 16.004031 TT; Constraint: e=1 Epoch 2011 Dec 2.0 TT = JDT 2455897.5 Earth MOID:...
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terryjlovejoy
Dec 2, 2011 9:49 am
Maik, The November 29 observations were affected by cloud. The comet seems to be brightening and getting more condensed. Terry...
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Michal Kusiak
komeciarz
Dec 2, 2011 10:31 am
Hi Everyone!, Â New orbit upadte at the NEOCP (including I39,I36 observations) shows the Kreutz solution! Let's wait for additional observation, but I think...
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jbortle@...
cnj999
Dec 2, 2011 5:03 pm
Good morning gentlemen, Lest we get too carried away with ourselves over this new object, perhaps some background facts relating to Kreutz Sungrazers may be...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Dec 2, 2011 7:21 pm
Hi, I got some astrometry on TLc001 for nearly two hours this morning (2011 Dec 2.52-60) with a 35cm ACF SCT and SBIG STL11000M CCD. I took 30 second unguided...
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walcom77
Dec 2, 2011 7:47 pm
Mpec for new comet C/2011 W3 (LOVEJOY) has just been issued: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K11/K11X16.html Congrats Terry!! Ciao, Ernesto, Nick &...
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Leonid Elenin
l.elenin
Dec 2, 2011 8:21 pm
Congrats to Terry! It's a brilliant finding! Clear skies and happy hunting! Leonid Elenin, ISON-NM Observatory (H15)...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Dec 2, 2011 8:39 pm
Congrats Terry! Great :-))) regards Rolando ... From: "walcom77"; <walcom77@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 8:47 PM ...
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Leonid Elenin
l.elenin
Dec 2, 2011 8:50 pm
Dear Nick, Giovanni and Ernesto! Thanks a lot for your observation! We also observed 2011 RC17 with 2.3-m telescope and not detect comet activity. But this...
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Karl Battams
karlbattams
Dec 2, 2011 8:58 pm
This is wonderful news! Terry was one of the early pioneers of SOHO comet hunting, with SOHO-74 (C/1999 O1) being his first I believe, and is now the first...
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Bob King
cometlynx
Dec 2, 2011 9:53 pm
Let me chime in also Terry -- CONGRATULATIONS on your latest discovery! Bob ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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dfischer@...
skyweek
Dec 2, 2011 10:05 pm
... Dito from me! But where can one find an account of the discovery's *circumstances*? There are Wikipedia articles in three languages about Terry already,...
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denis buczynski
dennis555002
Dec 2, 2011 10:08 pm
Huge congratulations Terry on this discovery from all your friends and colleagues in the BAA Comet Section. Wow what a week! With two of the most distinguished...
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Michal Kusiak
komeciarz
Dec 2, 2011 10:15 pm
Terry, let me also to congratulate you on this dicovery!  I am waiting for your next sungrazing comets. :)    Michal  Dnia 2 grudnia 2011 23:05...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Dec 2, 2011 11:12 pm
Terry, Great to see that your comet is now official! Congratulations on your third! Warmest, David To: comets-ml@yahoogroups.com From: komeciarz@... Date:...
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Michael Mattiazzo
cometmanau
Dec 3, 2011 12:40 am
Hi All, I have uploaded an image of comet Lovejoy to my website: http://members.westnet.com.au/mmatti/sc.htm Congratulations Terry. I am sure this is the first...
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John Sachs
jsachss
Dec 3, 2011 12:43 am
A big congrats Terry on your new comet! Outstanding!! John Sachs...
